The Issues and Regulation of Pharmaceutical Waste Management

The EPA’s recent focus on pharmaceutical waste management has been influenced by increasing evidence of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. An Associated Press series on pharmaceutical waste in May 2009, reported that EPA has found traces of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water of over 41 million Americans. There is cause for concern regarding the unknown human and ecological impacts of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the water we drink and the water that is crucial habitat for our flora and fauna.

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whitePaper | January 24, 2022

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whitePaper | February 24, 2022

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National Council for Prescription Drug Programs

whitePaper | May 12, 2022

This document is Copyright © 2022 by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided this copyright notice is not removed.

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